Rabbi Geoffrey Hyman has been appointed as minister of Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation (SWHC), two months after the departure of its previous rabbi.
Announcing the move on social media, Rabbi Hyman said he had been elected to the post and that he and his wife Michelle “await adventures new”.
Rabbi Hyman previously served as minister of Ilford United Synagogue for 12 years. He announced in February that he was no longer employed by that congregation “due to the merger between Ilford and Redbridge synagogues”.
Last month, the Hymans joined the coastal congregation for the first days of Passover, with the shul advertising a second night seder in the company of the rabbinic couple.
